LAS VEGAS, Oct. 18, 2008
3 "People Of Interest" In Nevada Abduction
Amber Alert Called Off In Search For Missing 6-Year-Old, But Police Efforts Continue
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Play CBS Video Video Las Vegas 6-Year-Old Kidnapped U.S. authorities believe that a Mexican drug cartel has kidnapped a 6-year-old American boy from his family's Las Vegas home in retribution for his grandfather's debts. Bill Whitaker reports.
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This undated picture made available by police shows six-year-old Cole Puffinburger. Las Vegas police said the boy, a first-grader at Stanford Elementary School, was kidnapped at gunpoint from his northeast valley home Wednesday morning, Oct. 15, 2008. (AP)
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Clemens Fred Tinnemeyer, a "person of interest" in the kidnapping of his 6-year-old grandson Cole Puffinburger, was arrested in Riverside, Calif. late Friday. (CBS/AP)
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Officials said Saturday that they are seeking a Mexican identified as Jesus Gastelum. Police Sgt. Tom Wagner says he is believed to be in Las Vegas or Southern California.
Police also have someone else in custody, but they did not identify that person.
Those two are in addition the boy's grandfather. Clemons Tinnemeyer was arrested Friday in Southern California. Police think he was involved with Mexican drug dealers who wanted to send a "message" with the abduction.
Police say they continue to search for the boy and are focusing on the northeastern Las Vegas Valley.
Authorities called off an Amber Alert in their search for Cole Puffinburger earlier Saturday. Las Vegas Police Capt. Vincent Cannito said the "effectiveness of the Amber Alert has run its course," and tips had slowed considerably.
But Cannito said alert's cancellation "does not minimize the efforts being put forth by the law enforcement community." He also said the widespread media coverage of the kidnapping would serve the same purpose as an official alert.
Cannito said that authorities had executed a number of search warrants around the country that have yielded more leads, including the recovery of large amounts of cash.
Tinnemeyer was arrested late Friday in the city of Riverside by a fugitive task force, FBI spokesman Joseph Dickey said. He was being held at the Central Detention Center in the city of San Bernardino.
Tinnemeyer, 51, may have stolen millions of dollars from the Mexican nationals, said Officer Cris Johnson, a Las Vegas police spokesman. Johnson declined to say what role Tinnemeyer played in the drug operation or whether the kidnappers were seeking a ransom.
Police believe methamphetamine was involved, Johnson said. Two men entered Puffinburger's home Wednesday and tied up the boy's mother and her boyfriend. The home was ransacked and the boy abducted.
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See all 110 CommentsI appreciate the concern which is been rose. The things need to be sorted out because it?s not about the individual but it can be with everyone. Thanks
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You people need to stop reading tabloids and start researching facts.
The CIA - over the objections of the Drug Enforcement Administration, a branch of the Justice Department - approved the shipment of at least one ton of nearly pure cocaine to Miami International Airport as a way of gathering information about the Colombian drug cartels. But, the cocaine ended up on the street because of "poor judgment and management on the part of several CIA officers," the intelligence agency said.
You likely believe AIDS was created by the CIA.
If you could think through your clouded brain you would be able to understand what''s controlling your thoughts. Obviously not common sense.
It appears you have not done your research. Marijuana and cocaine are legally prescribed drugs.
Unfortunately, alcohol is part of most cultures dating back thousands of years. It is part of America the majority wants. So be it.
Numerous studies have shown marijuana smoke to contain carcinogens and to be an irritant to the lungs. In fact, marijuana smoke contains 50 to 70 percent more carcinogenic hydrocarbons than tobacco smoke. Marijuana users usually inhale more deeply and hold their breath longer than tobacco smokers do, which further increases the lungs%u2019 exposure to carcinogenic smoke. Marijuana smokers show deregulated growth of epithelial cells in their lung tissue, which could lead to cancer.
Nonetheless, marijuana smokers can have many of the same respiratory problems as tobacco smokers, such as daily cough and phlegm production, more frequent acute chest illness, a heightened risk of lung infections, and a greater tendency toward obstructed airways. A study of 450 individuals found that people who smoke marijuana frequently but do not smoke tobacco have more health problems and miss more days of work than nonsmokers. Many of the extra sick days among the marijuana smokers in the study were for respiratory illnesses.
Would you give your child marijuana or cigarettes to smoke? Why not lay a line down for them to snort? You wish these things for your children now or in the future? What%u2019s wrong with you?
You obviously know little if anything regarding why some drugs are illegal in this country and why some are not. Some drugs such as marijuana have legitimate medicinal uses, while alcohol and/or cigarettes do not. Yet, which is legal and which is not.
By the way, the reason the government brings drugs into the country and sees that they end up in certain neighborhoods is to control the citinenry and their actions. Why don''t you spend a little time researching why the penalties for and ounce of cocaine in its powdered form is far less than an ounce of crack.
Until you know more, you''re really in no position to comment intelligently about the topic.
The Federal Government, The Political Criminal FBI and
The CIA (Cocaine Import Agency)
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
EU Officials: Investigate CIA Plane Used in Renditions
Caught with 4 Tons of Cocaine
The CIA Drug Plane Scandal grew exponentially last week when
European Union officials broke an official 40-year-long silence on
the previously-taboo subject of the CIA%u2019s worldwide involvement in
DRUG TRAFFICKING
Seventeen months after an American-registered DC9 airliner was
busted with 5.5 tons of cocaine,
A major International scandal is brewing over a
SECOND DRUG TRAFFICKING Incident in Mexico''s Yucatan
Involving an American-registered jet owned
By a dummy front company of the kind usually associated with the CIA.
ABC : In - Oct 2005 __ FBI Director Robert Mueller Announced :
The FBI would begin to hire people. Who had a history of using : Marijuana
The Political Criminal FBI Needs People : Who are SYMPATHETIC to :
The Federal Drug Smuggling - Drug Manufacturing and
The Federal Drug Money Laundering Operations (stock market investments)
To Patronize and Fraternize - The Republican Nazi Fascist Party and
Criminal Corporate Nazi Fascist America Is the only Real
Job Description of - The Political Criminal FBI
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You are incorrect in your assertion that there was no methamphetimine here before "the Mexicans started bringing it here by the boatload".
They are merely filling the "need" generated by a couple of generations of weak, stupid Americans.
Any chance you could leave with the rest of those you''d like to see go? That way maybe we could clean up the genepool of simple minded morons...you know, like YOU!
BY THE WAY, WHERE DID YOUR ANCESTORS COME HERE FROM?
Maybe America should give New Mexico to all the drug users to govern themselves. It could be their very own country! It could be named Misery...Oh, I''m sure there are other names that could be found. You can welcome all drug users with open arms. Of course, the United States won''t give you any money. You can develop your own industry, health care, military and whatever. American is more than willing to export drug users to your country. You could also have your own motto: Misery loves company!
I wonder how long your country would last?
Poor Cole Puffinburger.
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...Or perhaps, this child, his family, friends..?? How old are you??
O.J. nor Obama kidnapped this child. I''m pretty sure of that.
I would trade an American citizen illegal drug user for any clean immigrant, any day. We could be assured that clean immigrants could be more productive and not bog down our social security for their disabled burnt out brains.
Obama is NOT a terrorist. Obama is not a Muslim, nor did he swear on the Qur''an. That''s just the usual *** people put out there to make others who want to believe it''s true, say it''s true.
I don''t even like Obama as a candidate...not for who he is, but for his proposed policies.
*** it...you people sucked me into talking about politics.
Please if this little boy is still alive bring him home safely and soon. Send your angles to surround him. In Jesus Name Amen
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